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1 Mose 17:17

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17 Und Abraham fiel auf sein Angesicht und lachte und sprach in seinem Herzen: Sollte einem Hundertjährigen geboren werden, und sollte Sara, sollte eine Neunzigjährige gebären?

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Arcana Coelestia #2050

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2050. Verse 13. Circumcising he shall be circumcised that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy silver; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an eternal covenant. “Circumcising he shall be circumcised” signifies that they must wholly remove from themselves the loves of self and of the world; “that is born in thy house, and that is bought with thy silver,” signifies those within the church, of both kinds; “and My covenant shall be in your flesh,” signifies the conjunction of the Lord with man in his impurity, and also a significative rite; “for an eternal covenant,” signifies conjunction.

  
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